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“I was the most awful person in my early 20s, especially in dating. I had a rough childhood. Nobody modeled any values for me (honesty, integrity, and vulnerability, to name a few I had to teach myself). That left me with abandonment issues, an anxious attachment style, and depression. When you date someone like me, they’ll end up codependent on you. That also led to extreme…
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“He became wildly defensive during our first minor argument. He turned it around on me, and I ended up apologizing. It happened so fast, and I was so shocked and confused. I didn’t know what gaslighting was and had never experienced it before, so I let…
23.
“Queer and agender (AMAB) here. Platonic friendships have always meant more to me than romantic relationships in terms of priority because of how my family was growing up (I’d say this is a fairly common experience for queer people, to be fair). However, I…
8.
“Marriage takes commitment every single day. You have to communicate every day. You have to show your love in some way every day. You need to make sure you agree on the important things (kids, faith, goals, money, family) BEFORE you get married. You will…
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And finally, “I got engaged to my fiancé in December 2019, around the same time as my BFF Chelsea. We decided that we’d be each other’s MOHs. Chelsea and her ex split up shortly after the engagement because he cheated. Meanwhile, my fiancé and I…
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“I felt pressured by the fact that if I didn’t lock her down, she wouldn’t want to stick around. It was clear when we started dating that she was going to want kids and, after four years of being together, we got married. It went really well — I…
